Companies across the globe are reporting that they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack. British advertising agency WPP is among those to say its IT systems have been…
Tag: Kaspersky
NSA links Wannacry worm to North Korea
The Wannacry worm that infected organisations in 150 countries in May has been blamed on North Korea by the US’s National Security Agency (NSA). The Washington Post said there was…
Security firm asks EU to investigate Microsoft
Russian security software-maker Kaspersky has filed an anti-trust complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission. It claims that the software giant is abusing its market dominance by pushing Windows 10…
Next-gen IoT botnet Hajime nearly 300K strong
Impact could rival Mirai if it ever gets used. By Tim Greene The Hajime botnet is nearly 300,000 strong, making it a latent threat nearly as powerful as the notorious…
Did you know: Crimelords behind DDoS attacks offer customer loyalty points?
Tweaking business models for greater 404 kerching By John Leyden The DDoS attack business has advanced to the point that running an attack can cost as little as $7 an…
Hackers use dangerous Petya ransomware in targeted attacks
The attackers patch Petya on the fly to use their own encryption key, bypassing the malware’s original creators in the process By Lucian Constantin In a case of no honor…